bbl2bib

NAME

bbl2bib.pl − convert thebibliography environment to a bib file

SYNOPSIS

bbl2bib.pl [−d] [−u] [−o output] file

OPTIONS

[−d]

Send debugging output to stdout

−o output

Output file. If this option is not used, the name for the output file is formed by changing the extension to ".bib"

Normally "bbl2bib" recognizes URL fields of the kind "http://dx.doi.org" and their variants and converts them to DOI fields (see also biburl2doi(1) script). The switch −u suppresses this cleanup.

DESCRIPTION

The script tries to reconstruct a "bib" file from the corresponding "thebibliography" environment. One can argue that this operation is akin to reconstructing a cow from the steak. The way the script does it is searching for the entry in the MR database, and creating the corresponding BibTeX fields.

The script reads a TeX or Bbl file and extracts from it the "thebibliography" environment. For each bibitem it creates a plain text bibliography entry, and then tries to match it in the database.

INPUT FILE

We assume some structure of the input file:

   \begin{thebibliography}...

and

   \end{thebibliography}

   \bibitem[...]{....}

EXAMPLES

   bbl2bib  −o − file.tex > result.bib
   bbl2bib  −o result.bib file.bbl
   bbl2bib  file.tex

AUTHOR

Boris Veytsman

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2014−2017 Boris Veytsman

This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.